It seems that sometimes it actually works in your favor when you forget your glasses. Just ask one Harford County woman.

Almerta Williams, 55, of Edgewood is MarylandÆs newest millionaire, claiming the second-tier prize of $2 million from the record-setting $587.5 million jackpot.

On Thursday afternoon, Williams arrived at the Baltimore Lottery Offices with her three children, niece, and grandchild to claim her prize.

Interestingly, when she went back to HerbÆs Deli and Spirits in Edgewood, where she bought her ticket, she told the owner that she actually had trouble seeing the playslip.

"She informed us that she was playing her childrenÆs birthdays and for one of her childÆs birthday she meant to mark the number three but she marked five," HerbÆs Deli and Spirits owner Dan Lose told WBAL. "So I guess that was a lucky piece of fate there for her."

Lose added that Williams said she had added the Power Play option for an extra dollar, which is how her prize doubled from $1 million to $2 million.

Williams, who currently works as a custodian, says she will continue working and plans to buy a new house and an 80-inch telvision. She also plans on setting aside money for her kids and grandkids.

The Maryland Lottery has awarded more than $19.8 billion in prizes and $12.8 billion in revenue to the State of Maryland since it began in 1973.